The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Not Afraid]

The whole media bias to the lift argument is ridiculous. The media bias is to the sheep, dumbing down all information to a bland pablum that [strike]people[/strike] sheep feed on with dumb accepting eyes and apparently no brain. Why our culture has become a herd of manipulated sheep is beyond me.

I don't have a lot of time invested in watching TV news. I can only handle about 3 minutes of any news source at one time. But, what I do end up hearing/seeing is crap stuffed into small sound bites. But, as for leaning one direction or another, I only see right-leaning or marshmallow stances. I suspect the left-leaning media bias myth is another piece of pablum that has has been fed to the sheep.

[wendybeth]

I agree, NA. It's an excuse to say and do outrageous things and I find it very childish. ("But, Mom- the other kids are doing it too!) Alex is correct with regards to straight news on Fox- they dumb it down, but it's not horribly skewed. Unfortunately, the zillion 'analyst' programs take up far more air time than any newscast and present a picture of collective bias against anyone who isn't hardcore conservative. CNN, NBC, CBS and others seriously dumb down the news as well and I believe they are kinder to Obama than Faux, but I haven't seen the same level of mocking, insulting and inflammatory rhetoric directed at McCain. Then again, I don't really watch them too often. I prefer to read the news.



Edited to add: Lol, iSm! Just ten minutes ago I was taking the Girl to her homeschool class and we had to go over a very bumpy dirt road. We both started saying the "Baa Ram Ewe', as the bumps were making our voices quaver just like a sheep's.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

The whole media bias to the lift argument is ridiculous. The media bias is to the sheep, dumbing down all information to a bland pablum that [strike]people[/strike] sheep feed on with dumb accepting eyes and apparently no brain. Why our culture has become a herd of manipulated sheep is beyond me.

I don't have a lot of time invested in watching TV news. I can only handle about 3 minutes of any news source at one time. But, what I do end up hearing/seeing is crap stuffed into small sound bites. But, as for leaning one direction or another, I only see right-leaning or marshmallow stances. I suspect the left-leaning media bias myth is another piece of pablum that has has been fed to the sheep.

What about this post says anything that applies to Fox News, Scaeagles or anything else specifically? I believe NA is referring to ALL outlets. Same for iSm- nowhere does it say he's talking about anything other than agreeing with NA's rather across-the-board opinion.